Veridia round 4: Seax Farm

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This lot saw the most snow of anyone. Now I know where all the snow I wanted while I was playing the other households went.






ROS! The additional rolls were 4 and 7, meaning some kind wealthy person has given the family 7,000 simoleons for Faro’s education (probably Aunt Norweni, tbh). I’m not playing with any sort of official schooling yet, but Faro is very talented musically, so I used the money to buy him a lute and some drums for when he ages up and can actually play them. Maybe he’ll become a bard.

I may or may not have also bought a bunch of cows with the money too.




Hey, Wulfric, btw, THIS is how you’re supposed to react to your child’s music practice. :) :) :)








Things on the farm are slower in winter, so besides practicing the fiddle, Faro has plenty of time to have a snowball fight with his dad and play with his new friend, Jia.






Jia: I bet you I could spend the WHOLE night in the burial grounds without getting scared.

Faro: No way, that’s way too scary! ‘Sides, I bet the spirits wouldn’t like it if you did that.

Jia: Pshhhh.




Oh Fial, I thought you had good taste.






Even though there's no plants or fields to tend, Fial and Dinn are still busy with the cows, between calving, sickness, and just regular everyday care.






Kinet and Aífe are around, btw, but they both work out of the house. Aífe likes to spend her evenings brooding on her various rivalries.




Fial has slowly become close friends with Xiang. He’s a very taciturn person until you get to know him well, for whatever reason.

Fial: I didn’t know you knew how to play!






Xiang: Ah, I had to learn as a child. I still remember a little bit, but I am very much out of practice.

Fial: Oh, you’re too modest sometimes. You sound lovely.




Spotted, at the market: Eisu telling Gytha a joke about fish. I think he’s secretly just a little bit disappointed Drustan and Gytha didn’t work out, because he definitely would’ve jumped at the chance to adopt her into the family.






The family had a market outing, just to socialize a bit. Fial wanted to befriend this townie, Epona, probably because they share the same taste in headscarves, and Dinn played riverstones for a bit with Elphin.










Date night for Kinet and Aífe.




Hi, Derelei. What are you up to?

Derelei: Drinking about still not being married or even engaged. :)

Ok, have fun!






Faro and Sun should team up to offer professional slow dance music services.




Kinet and Aífe are very much having a sort of honeymoon period, despite not actually being married yet.








Maybe a little bit too much of a honeymoon period, because Aífe has been really tired lately, and this morning while playing a game with Dinn, she’s overcome by a strong wave of nausea. Either that flu she had a few weeks ago has come back or she's pregnant. Those are the only two possible options, ever.

Aífe: Sorry...

Dinn: No, no, don’t apologize, sweetheart, these things happen. I’ll get the mop. Maybe you should lie down?




Oh, good timing, Helenet.




Aífe: You don’t have any of that morning sickness tea Fial was talking about, do you?

Helenet: I don’t, I’m so sorry, sweetheart. I ran through it faster than I expected this winter, and the herbs won’t be ready for harvest until spring—

Aífe: Hold that thought!






Aífe’s father, Cian, is excited to hear he’s going to be a grandparent. Probably. Hard to tell what that man’s ever thinking.






Aífe: So... I’m expecting a baby.

Kinet: Already? Really? That’s wonderful!




Kinet: How about a backrub? Do you want a cup of tea? A pillow for your seat? Or—

Aífe: Relax, it’s hardly that strenuous yeeee… oh, that’s nice, though.




Jia: Hi, Gytha.

Gytha: S'up. What are you guys doing?

Faro: Jia’s burying me in the snow!!

Jia: Yeah!

Gytha: Cool, cool.




Jia: Okay, my turn. Don’t forget my head!




Are you even best friends if you don’t bury each other in the snow and risk hypothermia together?






Aífe has her first pop already.






Even though Faro says he wants to be a bard when he grows up, Dinn has been teaching him about the cows and crops. It’s good to have a fallback!




It’s gonna take me a sec to get used to Kinet having a beard.






Aífe is still busily working–a little thing like a baby isn’t going to keep her away from her work, and neither will some pesky bandits! I’m sure Kinet is going to love hearing about this.

(once again: all my careers/career defaults are from the Plumbbob Keep.)




Kinet: I heard what happened—are you okay?!

Aífe: Yeah, of course.

Kinet: What were you thinking, doing that? And while you’re pregnant too!

Aífe: I was thinking that I would save all our goods.

Kinet: You could’ve been hurt!






Aífe: I know what I’m doing, Kinet.

Kinet: Do you? Between the fighting and now this, I’m not sure you realize how much danger you keep putting yourself in.

Aífe: Don’t patronize me.

Kinet: You aren’t invincible, Aífe!






After that little spat, Kinet decides to give them both space and heads out of the house for a bit, where he immediately has to break up another fight. 😑 (Side note, shortest fight ever. It was over in like two seconds)






He’s been wanting to befriend townie Gede (who has a fabulous fashion sense) for a while anyway, so that’s a great distraction.






Gede, however, seems to have misinterpreted Kinet’s interest and tries to make a move on him.

Kinet: Oh, uh, yeah, I’m not interested in men. And also betrothed.

Cian: *scoffs* Why is that the second thing?

Gede: Oh wow, this is embarrassing. I’m sorry—

Kinet: Hey, it’s all cool! You didn't know.






Spotted: this.




With their field covered in snow and less to do outside, Dinn has taken over a lot of the household cleaning.








Faro: Jia says she wants to slay an ogre one day when she’s grown up and she’s a warrior like Aunt Wenna. Have you ever seen an ogre?

Kinet: Ogres aren’t real, Faro, they’re just stories old men tell around the fire when they’re bored.

Aífe: I’ve seen one, when I was still traveling with Da and the horses.

Faro: Really?

Aífe: Oh yes, albeit from a distance. When we were driving past the bog land near Drossburh. He was seven feet tall and green as anything, dressed in peat from the bog, peering out from the trees. All sorts of things live in the bogs.




Kinet: Don’t tell him tales, Aífe.

Aífe: Don’t nag me about what I am and am not allowed to do, Kinet.

Fial: Not at the table, please, children.




Aífe has all sorts of tales from traveling the area around Veridia. How true most of them are is anyone’s guess; she treats all of them in a very matter-of-fact manner.




Fial would like to congratulate her husband for being super hot.




Maybe I should buy Faro a real bed.






Kinet: Wha’s up?

Aífe: Nothing, your baby just won’t stop kicking me.




Kinet: *sigh* I’m sorry for getting mad, I just worry about you a lot.

Aífe: I know. But I can take care of myself.

Kinet: Everyone can, until they can’t and they get hurt.

Aífe: ...Your hair’s up my nose.




Kinet: Yeah, it kind of gets everywhere. That’s why I’ve been braiding it lately.










Kinet is still concerned by Aífe’s penchant for fighting her own battles (literally).

Kinet: What if I talk to my aunt? Maybe the merchant caravan can get a guard or two assigned.

Aífe: You hardly have the numbers to spare for that.

Kinet: ...You’re right, unfortunately.






Faro met a weird looking bird.

Faro: Wow, you’re really tall for a chicken.

Faro might also need glasses.








Aífe has the day off work today, and I thought she might like to have a friend over, but apparently Derelei is her best friend but she’s not Derelei’s.






And then Derelei tried to set her up on a blind date???

Aífe: Excuse me? I’m engaged! To be married!

Derelei: Hey, hey, I don’t know your life.






Aífe: Can you please not talk about my placenta while I’m trying to eat? Thanks.

Fial: I’m just trying to give advice.




Speaking of, Helenet is here, which means Impending Baby.




Distracting Aífe with games of riverstones, Helenet stays late into the wee hours of the morning despite being heavily pregnant herself. What a trooper.

Helenet: Are you nervous at all?

Aífe: No.

Helenet: Oh—okay then.




Aífe: Um, shoo flee?






Faro: Ugh, I’m trying to sleep...






The first Seax grandchild is here!






Kinet absolutely adores his new child.




Faro: Hi Kinet, hi Aífe, hi new baby.

Aífe: S'up?

Faro: What’s her name anyway?

Kinet: We’re going to call her Sabren.

That’s all, good night.